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Making Successful Funding Applications

This workshop will not only talk about how to write and submit a successful grant application, but will talk about tips to beat competition by creating an application that wins high reviews. You will also learn how to better understand the grant review process. So stop being left behind, reduce your stress and improve your financial standing when it comes to finding, writing, and winning funding opportunities!

Course Information

 Date:

Thursday 1 March

 Time:  

10am to 4pm

 Venue:

Leighton Buzzard

 Trainer:

Rizwana Zaman


Cost
Voluntary Sector
Members £20 Non members £30
Public Sector
Members £30 Non members £45

 

This is for YOU if you are …

  • a fundraiser or responsible for the funding of your group
    a treasurer
  • interested in learning about or updating your grant writing skills
  • a novice grant seeker or a seasoned grant writer who wants to increase their rate of funding success.

This workshop is for anyone who may be involved in writing a funding bid. It will provide participants with an insightful look at the grant writing and awarding process, giving information and tips on how to apply successfully.

By the end of this workshop you will learn ...

  • to locate grant funds
  • to create a successful grant application and letters of application
  • to spotlight your organisation over your competitors
  • to transfer a rejection into a new opportunity
  • why your competitors are winning grants
  • what grant panel members are looking for when scoring a grant application
  • good practice techniques for writing a grant application

Trainer

Rizwana Zaman is Funding Adviser at Voluntary and Community Action and has three credits at level three on an Open College Network programme entitled Advising Voluntary and Community Groups on Funding Issues. She has taught Marketing, International Business and Business Communication in a local college for two years.

Venue

This training will be held in the Community Room at Bossard House, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1DA. This venue is fully accessible. Parking is available in a pay and display car park nearby.

Access and Individual Requirements

If you have any specific individual requirements to enable you to attend this event please let us know. Every effort is made to meet individual requirements, which might include; a loop system, sign language interpreter, wheelchair access, handouts in large print or special dietary requirements.

Refreshments including buffet lunch, with vegetarian and non vegetarian food, will be provided.

 

 

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* Members receive a 33% discount on workshop fees and members with an income of less than £5,000 pa will have their fees refunded upon attendance. All networking and consultation events are free.


Voluntary and Community Action, Bossard House, West Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1DA
Tel: 01525 850559, Fax: 01525 376281, mail@action-centralbeds.org.uk
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